In an advanced journalism class at Virginia Beach’s Ocean Lakes High School, students are grappling with a challenge that’s becoming increasingly difficult for adults too: identifying news content impacted by artificial intelligence.
As these young journalists work on the digital version of their high school newspaper, The Current, they’re developing skills to detect AI-influenced media that appears in their social media feeds and news sources.
And they are serious about where they go for their news, says 11th grader Mihika Sakharpe, “I generally revolve between AP, BBC, Reuters.”…